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1 Egypt Saudi Arabia Oman EASTERN AFROMONTANE 1,043,191 km 2 Sudan Asmara Eritrea Yemen Djibouti Addis Ababa South Sudan Ethiopia BIODIVERSITY TARGET 2020 TARGET: 17% protected Democratic Republic of the Congo Bukavu Bunia Uganda Rwanda Burundi Arusha Nairobi Kenya Somalia 16.8% PROTECTED 5.1% I-IV 5.3% V-VI 6.4% NA Eastern Afromontane Hotspot United Republic of Tanzania Neighboring Hotspot Protected Area (IUCN Category I-IV) Protected Area (IUCN Category V-VI) Protected Area (IUCN Category NA) Urban Area Zambia Malawi Mozambique Agriculture (0-100% landuse) Roads Railroads Zimbabwe Madagascar ,000 Kilometers

2 EASTERN AFROMONTANE ECOREGIONS Shortfall Assessment to reach Target of 17% protected land in each terrestrial ecoregion Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe 5 BIOMES Deserts & Xeric Shrublands Flooded Grasslands & Savannas Montane Grasslands & Shrublands Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests 20 ECOREGIONS ENDEMIC PLANT SPECIES 2, ,000 Kilometers ENDEMIC ANIMAL SPECIES 988

3 1. Ethiopian Montane Forests 89,199 km2 remnant habitat 3. Ethiopian Montane Grasslands & Woodlands 27,178 km2 remnant habitat +2,980 km2 protected areas + 4,563 km2 protected areas 2. Central Zambezian Miombo Woodlands 54,593 km2 remnant habitat 4. Ethiopian Montane Moorlands + 1,822 km2 protected areas Kilometers ,000

4 5. Albertine Rift Montane Forests 61,097 km 2 remnant habitat 7. Northeastern Congolian Lowland Forests 51,376 km 2 remnant habitat +485 km 2 protected areas 9. Northern Congolian Forest-Savanna Mosaic 3,757 km 2 remnant habitat +593 km 2 protected areas 10. East Sudanian Savanna 2,383 km 2 remnant habitat 8. Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane Coastal Forest Mosaic 4,204 km 2 remnant habitat +726 km 2 protected areas 11. East African Montane Moorlands 408 km 2 remnant habitat 12. Southern Congolian Forest-Savanna Mosaic 4,215 km 2 remnant habitat 6. Southwestern Arabian Montane Woodlands 82,657 km 2 remnant habitat 13. Eastern Arc Forests 16,020 km 2 remnant habitat +10,845 km 2 protected areas

5 14. Victoria Basin Forest-Savanna Mosaic 18. Southern Rift Montane Forest-Grassland Mosaic 5,180 km 2 remnant habitat 20,858 km 2 remnant habitat 15. Itigi-Sumbu Thicket 323 km 2 remnant habitat 19. Ruwenzori-Virunga Montane Moorlands 349 km 2 remnant habitat 16. Eastern Zimbabwe Montane Forest-Grassland Mosaic 6,637 km 2 remnant habitat 20. East African Montane Forests 30,065 km 2 remnant habitat +109 km 2 protected areas 17. Zambezian Flooded Grasslands ,000 Kilometers

6 EASTERN AFROMONTANE CONFLICTS Conflicts between 2030 projected urban growth areas and threatened species habitats ,554,000 Population Topography 2015 URBAN POPULATION 30,991, URBAN POPULATION 163 THREATENED SPECIES Water Body Remnant Vegetation MAJOR CROPS maize, wheat, rice, millet, cotton Protected Area Threatened Species Habitat Existing Urban Area Urban Growth Projection Conflict Zone BIODIVERSITY THREATS Agricultural Expansion Deforestation Mining Poaching Extreme Conflict Zone km

7 1. ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA 3,238,000 5,851, BUKAVU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 832,000 1,510, ARUSHA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 6. BUNIA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 444, , , , ASMARA, ERITREA 804,000 1,557, ELDORET, KENYA 321, ,000 Topography Water Body Remnant Vegetation Protected Area Threatened Species Habitat Existing Urban Area Urban Growth Projection Conflict Zone Extreme Conflict Zone 4. BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI 751,000 1,735, GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 474, ,000

8 9. IBB, YEMEN 452, , NAJRAN, SAUDI ARABIA 350, , MECCA / JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA 1,771,000 4,076,000 2,146,000 4,988, SANA A, YEMEN 2,962,000 5,071,000 Topography Water Body Remnant Vegetation Protected Area Threatened Species Habitat Existing Urban Area Urban Growth Projection Conflict Zone Extreme Conflict Zone 11. MEKELE, ETHIOPIA 315, , NAIROBI, KENYA 3,915,000 7,140, UVIRA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 442, ,000

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